A person from VirtualTourist.com asks this question on a BostonNow.com community forum blog under the title "Route 66: Overrated or Underappreciated?": Q: I’m going to be in the U.S. for five weeks, and I’m trying to figure out whether I should do Route 66 as I head east? The response provides both pros and cons … Continue reading Weigh in about Route 66
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A self-correcting situation
I saw this story, "Disappearing Fast: Route 66, Chicago-Los Angeles," on the Los Angeles Times' Daily Travel Deal Blog a few days ago, but didn't plug it here because it contained some inaccuracies. The story makes it sound like Route 66 is going to quickly disappear after the Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program sunsets in … Continue reading A self-correcting situation
Kit-Kat Klocks marks 75th anniversary with tour
I missed the beginning of this event, but Kit-Kat Klocks is celebrating its 75th anniversary with a Route 66 tour, joining with the Great All-American Road Show, from Los Angeles to Chicago. The tour includes a display of the world's largest Kit-Kat Klock, which is 75 inches tall (shown above). The group stopped by Thursday … Continue reading Kit-Kat Klocks marks 75th anniversary with tour
Don’t forget the Panhandle passport
A reporter from KVII-TV in Amarillo participates in the Texas Old Route 66 Association's self-guided passport program that is scheduled to run up to the start of the National Route 66 Festival in Clinton, Okla. The linked page also includes a video. You can pick up a passport at one of these locations: MidPoint Cafe … Continue reading Don’t forget the Panhandle passport
Another convert
YouTube contributor crack11974 writes: We started a cross country trip from Columbus, Ohio back home to San Diego, California. When we hit Route 66 territory in Oklahoma, we became obsessed with old 66 and the drive soon became a tour off the freeway seeing everything we could see on Old 66. Here is the video, … Continue reading Another convert
Photo hunting on Route 66
The New York Times reports on a new travel-industry twist -- photography safaris. Combining guided tours to exotic locales with hands-on instruction, photo safaris seek to turn the everyday Ofoto user into a budding Ansel Adams. “They are a huge and growing market,” said Reid Callanan, the director of Sante Fe Workshops (www.santafeworkshops.com), a photography … Continue reading Photo hunting on Route 66
Norwegian motorcycle tour highlights
Trond Moberg regularly guides motorcycle tours down Route 66 for his fellow Norwegians. Here is a 29-minute video of highlights of his 2003 tour.
Driving Route 66 in a moped
Roland Gueffroy currently is driving Route 66 in an unorthodox way -- in a refurbished Swiss postal moped. According to his Web site: Why take a original Swiss postal moped on Route 66? I have been asked this question, albeit in various forms, many times. It’s to be expected that this kind of tour is … Continue reading Driving Route 66 in a moped
A hog-riding great-grandma
From the Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser is the story of Diana Dixon, who plans to drive her Harley-Davidson three-wheel motorcycle all the way to Fairbanks, Alaska, by her 64th birthday on June 18. Of course, there will be side trips on the way: She's mapped out her itinerary and plans to touch as many states as … Continue reading A hog-riding great-grandma
Virtual cruising
I'm not sure who's doing this, but it's pretty cool. Someone has mounted a dashboard video camera and cruised Route 66 from its eastern starting point in Chicago. Some stoplight stops are edited, but it's mostly real-time footage of driving west on the Mother Road. It's darned near like being there. Both videos are about … Continue reading Virtual cruising